If it seems like the Ottawa 67’s are always playing from behind, maybe there’s something to it.

The 67’s showed amazing resilience Saturday.

It was remarkable in that they fell behind just 78 seconds into their Ontario Hockey League game and also rebounded from a 4-1 deficit to take the highly-touted Kingston Frontenacs to overtime before losing 5-4.

It’s just that playing from behind all the time is not the way successful teams do it, and the 67’s have given up the game’s first goal in the opening five minutes 15 times in 47 games.

The latest victim in net was rookie goalie Cédrick Andrée, making just his ninth appearance of the regular season.

“I’m sure Ceddy didn’t have the start he wanted,” 67’s head coach André Tourigny said. “But he’s a fighter and we believe in Cedric.

“He’s our goalie of the future. We have Olivier (Tremblay) as our overage, so Ceddy at 17 is our guy going forward.”

Tremblay has made 33 appearances and played 1,758 minutes. Andrée, meanwhile, has just 461 minutes and a 4.69 goals-against average, almost a goal and a half higher than Tremblay.

‘”We wish we could get Ceddy more stats,” said Tourigny, whose rookie netminder finished Saturday’s contest with 26 saves. “He’s a helluva competitor and we want to get his feet wet more. But we’re in a good fight for the playoffs.”

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